WEBVTT - Scott Sloan with retired Major General Bob Dees -- 3/3/26

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<v Speaker 1>Up literally across the Middle East. Bahrain saying they've down

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<v Speaker 1>seventy three missiles and ninety one drones, the embassy and

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<v Speaker 1>Kuwait targeted by Iran, other embassies and other places inside

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<v Speaker 1>the Middle East under siege to some degree various degrees

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<v Speaker 1>by Iran, and President Trump announcing that we have a

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<v Speaker 1>virtually unlimited supply of US munitions, and Iran has already

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<v Speaker 1>been crippled in so many shape but way shapes and formed.

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<v Speaker 1>But of course this is about regime change, and for

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<v Speaker 1>the first time in forty six years, we have a

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<v Speaker 1>legitimate chance at regime change in Iran, but we are

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<v Speaker 1>bad at it historically here in America, Where does this

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<v Speaker 1>war go?

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<v Speaker 2>Hongs at last? And what should the outcomes be.

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<v Speaker 1>Joining the show this morning is retired Major General Bob

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<v Speaker 1>Dyes the United States Army. He commanded the US Israeli

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<v Speaker 1>Combined Task for US for Missile Defense for some thirty

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<v Speaker 1>years now the National Study National Center rather for Healthy Vets.

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<v Speaker 2>General D's welcome, O great to be with you, Scott.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you dan Is. With all I know, we honor

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<v Speaker 3>the servis of our military and their sacrifice, particularly those

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<v Speaker 3>who've given their lives and we pray for God's comfort

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<v Speaker 3>to their families, so they illustrate self with service.

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<v Speaker 2>Amen.

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<v Speaker 1>The big question would be out is the aircraft that

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<v Speaker 1>got shot down? The three F fifty's are shot down

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<v Speaker 1>by Kuwaiti defenses with technology, with our allies and especially

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<v Speaker 1>with aircraft, friendly fire seems like something that shouldn't happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet it does.

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<v Speaker 1>Have we gotten better? We had to be much better

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<v Speaker 1>than it used to be. But with the technology out there,

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<v Speaker 1>how's that happen?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we've done a lot better. But when you talk

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<v Speaker 3>about relationship between international forces that haven't trained together with

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<v Speaker 3>the aircraft and air defense in this manner before in

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<v Speaker 3>a major way, then it happens fractor sides always tragic.

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<v Speaker 3>Gratefully the pilots lived, and I'm sure this is a

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<v Speaker 3>warning antidote to many people around the region of these

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<v Speaker 3>other nations that are we have a lot of US

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<v Speaker 3>Air Force other nation's air force flying around. We need

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<v Speaker 3>this identification process needs to work much better than it

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<v Speaker 3>did in this case.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously, we had nearly nine hundred strikes in twelve hours.

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<v Speaker 1>That seems to me to be an extraordinary operational tempo.

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<v Speaker 1>So from a military standpoint, what page What does that

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<v Speaker 1>tell you the pace? What does that tell you about

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<v Speaker 1>the planning timeline and the level of readiness and how preposition.

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<v Speaker 2>We are for them.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well it's the Chairman of the Joint Chief Staff

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<v Speaker 3>just recently said this morning, this is an unprecedented scale.

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<v Speaker 3>And I was in charge of the war plans in

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<v Speaker 3>the Pentagon in the late nineties. I know this particular

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<v Speaker 3>mission was part of the planning process back then. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>you plan against all sorts of contingencies, and so in

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<v Speaker 3>some cases the planning has gone on for decades, understanding

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<v Speaker 3>the terrain and understanding the people. But then now the

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<v Speaker 3>integration of all the technology we now have is critical

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<v Speaker 3>and it's amazing, frankly to see once and again how

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<v Speaker 3>this integration has produced good results. Albeit this is a

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<v Speaker 3>large conflict and we're going to see some loss of

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<v Speaker 3>lives as well.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been going on for forty seven years.

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<v Speaker 3>Why now, Yeah, yeah, well it's just come to a

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<v Speaker 3>boiling point. You know, the Iranians, you try all elements

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<v Speaker 3>of national power. Regrettably, over the forty seven years since

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<v Speaker 3>the Islamic Revolution happened, we've never had anything decisive to

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<v Speaker 3>tell them to It's not healthy to say death to

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<v Speaker 3>America or death to Israel, and to promote terrorism and

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<v Speaker 3>continue to try to gain nuclear weapons and to empower

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<v Speaker 3>their surrogus throughout the region, and then of recent to

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<v Speaker 3>kill many of the innocent protesters within our reign itself.

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<v Speaker 3>So all of that brought it to a boiling point.

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<v Speaker 3>Our president and the administration worked hard on the negotiating side,

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<v Speaker 3>and it became obvious to really the whole world that

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<v Speaker 3>the Iranians were delaying and and just trying to play

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<v Speaker 3>it out until they broke out with a nuclear weapon.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So the decision to strike in a daylight rather night,

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<v Speaker 1>to catch commanding the other senior officials together is described

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<v Speaker 1>as a like a tactic deliberate, tactical surprise. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty significant decision. And also that should tell you us

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<v Speaker 1>a lot. And you the quality of intelligence that drove

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<v Speaker 1>this from the CIA.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you're exactly right, Well, the CIA and certainly the

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<v Speaker 3>israel leis. Yeah, there was a real time intelligence, no

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<v Speaker 3>doubt that brought this. The timelines forward, that you take

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<v Speaker 3>more risk when you do it in the day, but

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<v Speaker 3>the element of surprise was powerful and ineffective.

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<v Speaker 1>Iran fired nearly three hundred missiles, roughly three hundred missiles

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<v Speaker 1>I think in retaliation from their estimated stockpile. What's their

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<v Speaker 1>remaining cap of capability? How long can they sustain that

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<v Speaker 1>rate of fire?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well, that's good question, Scott. I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 3>doubt that the US military planners know that with precision.

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<v Speaker 3>They have done this for decades, produce these ballistic missiles.

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<v Speaker 3>They probably have quite a few stockpiles left. The question

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<v Speaker 3>really is can they command and control that. Have we

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<v Speaker 3>knocked down enough of their three hundred missile launchers to

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<v Speaker 3>make it where they can't deliver the missiles? So I imagine

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<v Speaker 3>they have a huge stock pile. It's just but that's

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<v Speaker 3>not the long pull in the tent. We need to

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<v Speaker 3>get their launchers. We need to disrupt their command and control,

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<v Speaker 3>disrupt their intelligence, their targeting capabilities, and then that'll deny

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<v Speaker 3>some of the use of those missiles.

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<v Speaker 1>I imagine this is just part of the first wave here.

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<v Speaker 1>Typically in a battle plan like this, General how does

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<v Speaker 1>that plan?

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<v Speaker 3>How?

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<v Speaker 1>I guess how deep in the deck do you wind

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<v Speaker 1>up getting here? You apply with paces out of our President said,

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<v Speaker 1>be prepared. This could go on for months. We're hoping days,

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<v Speaker 1>but it could be months and I think maybe a

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<v Speaker 1>tempt our expectations like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But how far out do you plan things like that?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well you plan all sorts of eventualities and it's

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<v Speaker 3>really condition based. So they'll start with a target set'll

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<v Speaker 3>prosecute that the targets, and there were hundreds and hundreds

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sure of targets with all these resources that are employed.

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<v Speaker 3>And then you do battle damage assessment and that's how

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<v Speaker 3>effective was that particular strike? And based on battle damage assessment,

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<v Speaker 3>then you reattack or you say okay, let's move on

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<v Speaker 3>to something else. And the tempo with that with which

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<v Speaker 3>that occurs technically takes will determine how long this conflict lasts.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the straight of Horror Moves is already showing disruption

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<v Speaker 1>there in a shutdown. So from a strategic standpoint, how

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<v Speaker 1>serious is the threat of RAN shutting all that down

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe putting placing minds and other things out there

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<v Speaker 1>to dissuade vessels from going in and out. And what

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<v Speaker 1>options of the Navy does all right Navy have to

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<v Speaker 1>counter that?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well it's a very serious threat. I mean, we

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<v Speaker 3>obviously have mind sweepers and things and we're working that

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<v Speaker 3>we're trying to create ahead of time preempt some of those.

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<v Speaker 3>I know that we've already attacked much of their naval capability.

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<v Speaker 3>We've taken down I think to this point seven Iranian

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<v Speaker 3>Navy ships and so forth. I just read a report,

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<v Speaker 3>don't know details electronic warfare against ships and GPS signals

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<v Speaker 3>in the strait supor moves also that could significantly disrupt

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<v Speaker 3>the traffic going through. So it is a strategic choke point.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's a mixed bag because if you knock out,

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<v Speaker 3>if you close it totally, a lot of that oil

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<v Speaker 3>is oil that's being supplied to China and other nations,

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<v Speaker 3>and so if that's knocked out, then it many ways

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<v Speaker 3>works to Iran's detriment.

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<v Speaker 1>He is a retired US Army Major General. Bob De's

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<v Speaker 1>on the Scott Sloan Show on seven hundred wwe commanded

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<v Speaker 1>the US Israeli Task Force or Missile Defense and enjoins

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<v Speaker 1>the show with his insight on what's happening as we

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<v Speaker 1>speak right now. This is the largest regional military build

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<v Speaker 1>up I believe since two thousand and three. Couple carrier groups,

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<v Speaker 1>a dozen destroyers, you've got air assets, is that force

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<v Speaker 1>package that is sufficient enough for a sustained operation? Do

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<v Speaker 1>we have to call in more support?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well, I think it's a definite force package. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>what you have to realize is that you've got forces

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<v Speaker 3>from the United States. You've got strategic Command, You've got

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<v Speaker 3>transportation Command people that are providing from the United States

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<v Speaker 3>assets that provide aerial refueling for many of the forces

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<v Speaker 3>in region. We have long range bombers that come out

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<v Speaker 3>of the inal United States. So yes, I think it's

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<v Speaker 3>certainly enough in the region. You know, it's a real

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<v Speaker 3>dense package of force of capability in the region. But

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<v Speaker 3>we're a global power and so a lot of the

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<v Speaker 3>power comes from the United States and other places. Also,

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<v Speaker 3>other nations are starting to lend their support to include

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<v Speaker 3>the Arab states that have been attacked by Iran of recent.

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<v Speaker 1>Right on other thing too is I know Iran has

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<v Speaker 1>some paramilitary forces and they're has been described, I think

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<v Speaker 1>as the ace and a hole for unconventional warfare. So

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<v Speaker 1>what should our troops expect in terms of a proxy

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<v Speaker 1>retaliation or related valiation involving allied parties from the Iranians

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<v Speaker 1>both in the region, But what about here on US oil.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well, Hesballah has already started knocking or ascending rockets

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<v Speaker 3>towards Israel, and there's an ongoing conflict on the northern

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<v Speaker 3>nature of Israel right now. Domestically, as you know, there

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<v Speaker 3>was a terrorism incident over the weekend in Austin, Texas.

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<v Speaker 3>Pretty unusual, they say terrorism incidents, suspected terrorism, and there'll

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<v Speaker 3>be a lot of lone wolves like this, And with

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<v Speaker 3>four years of open border, there's probably a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>valid sleeper cells that are opent that that may rise up. If,

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<v Speaker 3>as many Iranian clerics say, this is an existential threat,

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<v Speaker 3>this is the end times, This would be the time

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<v Speaker 3>they would pull trigger on all assets who are in

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<v Speaker 3>the United States as well as around the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think by now we have a good handle

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<v Speaker 1>on who is here to do that kind of work

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<v Speaker 1>from our intelligence in Stateside?

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<v Speaker 3>I think absolutely we don't. I saw the amount we've

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<v Speaker 3>been into infiltrated before nine to eleven in the sleeper sales,

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<v Speaker 3>and now with the open border in twenty years hints

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<v Speaker 3>there's a lot more that are embedded in the United States,

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<v Speaker 3>So we need we need to be on our toes.

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<v Speaker 3>We're grateful for the account intelligence efforts of the FBI,

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<v Speaker 3>But we're pretty vulnerable right now domestically as well as

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<v Speaker 3>you know, more domestically than we are internationally.

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<v Speaker 1>Frankly, yeah, I wonder, you know, trying to pull all

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<v Speaker 1>this stuff together. General D's and I tend to believe

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<v Speaker 1>in Okham's razor, which basically leans the most common sense explanation,

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<v Speaker 1>the right one. And I don't want to give elected

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<v Speaker 1>officials and administrators administrative set too much credit here for

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<v Speaker 1>being a long term planners or thinkers, because I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think that's ever been the case. But in this regard,

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<v Speaker 1>I look at what happened with Maduro and Venezuela, and

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<v Speaker 1>that was a precursor allegedly to get well, was to

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<v Speaker 1>get rid of fentanyl, which really wasn't the day. We

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<v Speaker 1>got oil out of that. And in addition to that,

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<v Speaker 1>we also activated ICE and their mobile eyes are going

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<v Speaker 1>around from Minnesota and elsewhere. It'd be much easier for

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<v Speaker 1>them to pivot to going from that kind of enforcement

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<v Speaker 1>to terracells and rooting those individuals out. But at the

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<v Speaker 1>same time, you're going to shut down the straight up

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<v Speaker 1>horn moves here choking about about twenty percent of the

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<v Speaker 1>world oil supply. Now we have a steady supply of

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<v Speaker 1>Venezuela oil coming to do this. I think those two

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<v Speaker 1>things with ICE, but particular Venezuela were pretext for this.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm not sure about the pretext for ice. I

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<v Speaker 3>do think that these problems are not separable. A lot

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<v Speaker 3>of the ICE operations are against people that are bad actors,

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<v Speaker 3>some have been bad actors, and our potential terrorist threats,

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<v Speaker 3>and so that'll that'll be complementary. On the oil thing,

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<v Speaker 3>it's it's hard to figure out. You know, you can

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<v Speaker 3>say America is just trying to get oil, but if

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<v Speaker 3>you go back, I know my father in law was

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<v Speaker 3>an oil man in Venezuela a long time ago. Venezuela's

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<v Speaker 3>can be a very productive country with a very productive

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<v Speaker 3>oil economy, but the Maduro regime and previous had just

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<v Speaker 3>disrupted all that. So it was they were producing oil,

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<v Speaker 3>but most of it was going to corrupt. Means the HOHO.

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<v Speaker 1>These have already demonstrated ability to strike our assets and

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<v Speaker 1>survive sustained bombardment. That's another element here in country. How

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<v Speaker 1>significant is that threat to well carrier groups like the USS.

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<v Speaker 1>Abraham I was on the Lincoln for a cruise the

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<v Speaker 1>Abraham Lincoln and other naval assets in the region right now, Well.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a significant threat and they they they are right

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<v Speaker 3>on the Chocola, the Straits of hor Moves there, and

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<v Speaker 3>so we got to continue to fight them. And it's

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<v Speaker 3>a certainly they're attacking Israel at times, but right now

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<v Speaker 3>they're attacking American assets in the region and particularly shipping

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<v Speaker 3>lanes in the region these days, with guided missile capabilities,

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<v Speaker 3>you know without a lot of effort that they can

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<v Speaker 3>produce some significant outcomes. And if it's in the Straits

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<v Speaker 3>of hornor moves. Now, if we have that going on

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<v Speaker 3>there now the shipping is set down, shut down. I

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<v Speaker 3>understand they've already been attacking old tankers in the Straits

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<v Speaker 3>of Horror moves so significant Scott, Yeah, and Abraham Lincoln's

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<v Speaker 3>impressive now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it really is.

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<v Speaker 1>Those those carry groups are amazing things when they get rolling.

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<v Speaker 1>What is your threat assessment of Hesbela and they're.

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<v Speaker 2>Rolling us.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I think today the Israelis reported they killed the

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<v Speaker 3>key Hesbal leader, one of the main terrorist leaders there.

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<v Speaker 3>The Israelis will continue to attack that a number of villages.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's fifty villages in southern Lebanon have been

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<v Speaker 3>directed to evacuate because Israelis could use ground operations there

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<v Speaker 3>to shut this down, and certainly they're doing air operations.

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<v Speaker 3>When I was the commander of the Israeli Combined Task

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<v Speaker 3>Force for Missile Defense, I mean we even from the

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<v Speaker 3>Becka Valley up in Lebanon, we had gliders that were

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<v Speaker 3>coming down, uh and and those are hard to pick

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<v Speaker 3>up coming down the men on gliders with bombs or

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<v Speaker 3>terraced to intent. And so the Israelis are are good

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<v Speaker 3>at this, but they're fighting on all fronts north southeast above.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well we got we.

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<v Speaker 1>Got this three person transitional council because the head has

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<v Speaker 1>been caught off and there's a lack of a clear

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<v Speaker 1>command authority. Does that make things there for our troops

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<v Speaker 1>more or less dangerous?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I think it's more dangerous because here you have

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<v Speaker 3>a wounded animal, one that we always had mal intent

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<v Speaker 3>towards us, and now they're wounded and they're striking out

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<v Speaker 3>and to shoot the ballistic missiles towards their Arab neighbors

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<v Speaker 3>and then claric towards US and civilian targets as well

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<v Speaker 3>as military targets. They are pretty desperate. And they may

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<v Speaker 3>say that they have a three person ruling council, but

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<v Speaker 3>with that type of death and destruction at the top

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<v Speaker 3>of their leadership, I suspect it's very fragmented at best.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the Revolutionary Guard of course here is probably going

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<v Speaker 1>to try to consolidate power because a full regime change

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't really seem likely. Plus, we're also bad at regime

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<v Speaker 1>change here in the United States. We've talked about that.

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<v Speaker 1>If they do indeed emerge stronger of this whole thing,

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<v Speaker 1>is that a success or of failure.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I think that would not be a success because,

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<v Speaker 3>as we say, this has gone on for forty seven years.

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<v Speaker 3>So we really do need to change the intent of

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<v Speaker 3>the nation of Iran from death to America, death Israel,

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<v Speaker 3>death to many others in the area, to one of

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<v Speaker 3>economic aiming and economic prosperity and peaceful coalition in the region.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump said, the bombing will continue as long and necessary

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<v Speaker 1>from your chair their general military planning standpoint. What does

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<v Speaker 1>that off ramp look like? I mean, what how do

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<v Speaker 1>you declare, hey, victory, We're going to pull the hell

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<v Speaker 1>out of here. And how many weeks or months do

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<v Speaker 1>you think that takes.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well, well I would say weeks not months. Uh,

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<v Speaker 3>And and I would say it all depends on what

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<v Speaker 3>we see. If we see Iran continuing to shoot missiles

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<v Speaker 3>and and uh and other things, uh, you know, the

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<v Speaker 3>naval and the straits of hor Moos, we will pursue

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<v Speaker 3>all of that until it's no longer about you know,

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<v Speaker 3>a valid threat. And that could be depending upon the

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<v Speaker 3>b d A. As I mentioned the battle damage assessment

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<v Speaker 3>and the overall campaign objectives, it could be you know,

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<v Speaker 3>a few weeks before that happens. I don't think we're

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<v Speaker 3>talking months though.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there back channels going on within that three member

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<v Speaker 1>panel to determine what leadership looks like? Is that something

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<v Speaker 1>that's negotiated or are we just completely obliterate them for

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<v Speaker 1>they cry uncle?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I think it depends. We got to see to

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<v Speaker 3>do that. Does this three member panel do they really

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<v Speaker 3>speak for the nation of our in Are they really

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<v Speaker 3>controlling the IRGC or are they just puppets at this

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<v Speaker 3>point in time? And you know, if the IRGC is

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<v Speaker 3>the one calling the shots and continuing to find we

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<v Speaker 3>need to defeat them, if not destroy them, before this

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<v Speaker 3>conflict is properly ended.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, weeks not months is what you or our

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<v Speaker 1>guess would be. Uh and informed one at that And

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<v Speaker 1>what the X how we how we pull out of

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<v Speaker 1>this thing looks entirely different than what the aftermath is

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<v Speaker 1>of course too is all in question. He is Major

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<v Speaker 1>General US Army retired Bob D's He commanded the US

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<v Speaker 1>is rarely combined task force or missile defense back in

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<v Speaker 1>the day now at the National Center for Healthy Vests

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<v Speaker 1>in Virginia.

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<v Speaker 2>General, thanks for the time. I appreciate We talk again soon,

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<v Speaker 2>b Welser.

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<v Speaker 3>You bet Scott, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>News update seconds away here the very latest now seventy

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